Background Loop diuretics are commonly prescribed in the community, not always to patients with a recorded diagnosis of heart failure (HF). The rate of HF events in patients prescribed loop diuretics ...

Furosemide, a highly protein-bound organic acid, promotes free water clearance and natriuresis by entering the proximal tubules of the kidneys and blocking the sodium-potassium-chloride ...

Dr Ray O’Connor looks at the latest clinical studies on therapeutics, including beta-lockers and potassium sparing diuretics ...

Panelists discuss how diuretics serve as necessary “bailout therapy” for volume management in heart failure but should not substitute for guideline-directed medical therapy, with emerging evidence ...

ENBUMYST™ is the first and only intranasal loop diuretic approved in the U.S. offering a self-administered alternative between oral and intravenous diuretics. Edema and fluid overload remain the ...

Corstasis Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company providing outpatient therapeutic options for patients with cardiovascular and renal disease, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

A new analysis suggests that finerenone (Kerendia), a newer heart failure medication, may help older adults rely less on high doses of water pills. The findings come from the large FINEARTS-HF ...

Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr Negrín, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain (A.C.-M., M.H.-M.). University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Faculty ...

Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain (A.C.-M., M.H.-M.). University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Faculty ...

Future Cardiol. 2012;8(5):707-728. These data come from reports of ototoxicity of 6.4% with furosemide compared with 1 and <1% for bumetanide and torsemide, respectively. [38] Acute kidney failure is ...